Customs Revenue Statement




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October Customs—Wanganui, 1863.

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by Jas. G. Woon, Esquire, Acting Collector of Customs for the Port of Wanganui, New Zealand, from the first to the thirty-first day of October 1863, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT. TOTAL.
Spirits ... ... 694 2-32 gallons at 9s. £312 6 8
Tobacco ... ... 1564 lbs. at 1s. 6d. 117 6 0
Cigars and Snuff ... ... 85 lbs. at 3s. 12 15 0
Wine ... ... 130 16-0 gallons at 3s. 19 11 6
Ale and Beer ... ... 114 gallons at 1s. 5 14 0
Do. do ... ... 300 gallons at 6d. 7 10 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ... nil lbs. at 3d.
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses ... ... “ lbs. at 1d.
Tea ... ... 588 lbs. at 4d. 9 16 0
Gunpowder ... ... nil lbs. at 3d.
Measurement Duties ... ... 525 ft. at 4s. per cubic foot. 105 0 0
Firearms ... ... nil at 5s. each
Goods ... ... 57cwt. 1qr. 16lbs. at 3s. per cwt. 8 12 2
Total amount of Duties...£ 598 11 4

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1863. £ s. d.
October 16 By Drawback paid 28 18 11
“ 26 “ Payment to Sub-Treasurer, this date 300 0 0
“ 31 Salaries of the Department 36 13 4
“ 31 Balance paid Sub-Treasurer 233 19 1
Total as above...£ 598 11 4

I, Jas. G. Woon, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true and faithful statement of my account as Acting Collector of Customs for the period herein mentioned, and that the sum of £598 11s. 4d., sterling, paid by me, Jas. G. Woon, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of October 1863, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

JAS. G. WOON,
Acting Collector.

Declared before me this thirty-first day of October, 1863.
THOS. WATERS, J.P.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1863, No 52





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💰 October Customs Revenue for Wanganui, 1863 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
31 October 1863
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wanganui, Port, October 1863
  • James G. Woon (Esquire), Acting Collector of Customs
  • Thomas Waters (Justice of the Peace), Witnessed declaration

  • Jas. G. Woon, Acting Collector of Customs
  • Thos. Waters, J.P.